Notes

1] Aurèle Joliat (1901-86), star hockey player for the Montreal Canadians, 1922-38, and a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame, was a medium-height lightweight who had speed and held his own against much bigger players. The Boston Bruins, 1924-. Back to Line

2] The Ottawa Senators, 1908-54, won four Stanley Cups and placed first in the regular season seven times in the 1920s. Dose: those. ess: is. Back to Line

5] Howie Morenz (1902-37), star hockey player for the Montreal Canadians, 1923-34, whom a national Canadian press poll in 1950 voted the outstanding hockey player of the previous fifty years. Back to Line

6] Sylvio Mantha (1902-74), star hockey player for the Montreal Canadians, 1923-36, and a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame, was among the best two-way defensemen of his time. Back to Line

19] Montreal Maroons (1924-38), the second National Hockey League team in that city. 'Flit': tin of insecticide attached to a pump to spray out the liquid fly killer. Back to Line

21] Garcon!: mild oath in French ("boy"). oui: "yes" in French. Back to Line

25] poke-heem-check: poking one's hockey stick at one's opponent puck-carrier to get possession of the puck, and then crashing into him bodily. Back to Line

27] Lionel Conacher (1900-54), a Toronto hockey, football, and baseball player, and a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame, nicknamed "the Big Train." He played for National Hockey league teams from 1925 to 1937, including the Montreal Maroons (1930-33, 1934-37). Back to Line